WASHINGTON — A team of researchers from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory recently demonstrated the feasibility of terrestrial microwave power beaming by transmitting 1.6 kilowatts of power over 1 kilometer, the most significant power beaming demonstration in nearly 50 years,…
Navy Proposes Decommissioning 6th Fleet’s Command Ship in 2026
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has proposed in its 2023 budget to decommission the amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) during fiscal 2026. The Mount Whitney has served as the flagship of the U.S. 6th Fleet since…
NSWC Dahlgren Engineers Develop Modernized Low-Cost Semi-Active Laser Seeker
DAHLGREN, Va. — Engineers at NSWC Dahlgren Division have developed a new, lower-in-cost, semi-active laser (SAL) seeker, the division said April 25. SAL seekers are a key enabling technology for guided munitions that allow warfighters to target stationary and moving…
USS Donald Cook Returns to Mayport after Surge Deployment
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) returned to Naval Station Mayport following a three-month deployment, April 24, the U.S. 2nd Fleet said in an April 25 release. Donald Cook departed Naval Station Mayport…
Future APL 69 Conducts Builder’s and Acceptance Trials
WASHINGTON — The Navy’s newest berthing barge, Auxiliary Personnel Lighter (APL) 69, recently conducted builder’s and acceptance trials in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Team Ships Public Affairs said in a release. Builder’s trials consist of a series of in-port tests and demonstrations…
Navy Awards Raytheon Up to $1.68B for Zumwalt DDG Engineering Services
TUCSON, Ariz. — The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Missiles & Defense an activation, sustainment and modernization contract for $483 million with options, if exercised, totaling $1.68 billion across five years, the company said April 20. Under this contract, Raytheon Missiles…
Navy Proposes to Cut Five EA-18G Growler Electronic Attack Squadrons
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy is proposing to deactivate five electronic attack squadrons, or VAQs, that operate the Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic attack jet, roughly a third of the Defense Department’s tactical jet electronic attack force. As laid out…
Navy’s LCS Decommissioning Proposals Would Bring Major Changes for Retained Ships
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s 2023 budget proposal — including the Future Years Defense Plan — would result in profound changes to the missions, organization, force structure, training and crews of the Navy’s littoral combat ships in addition to…
USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams Completes Gulf of Guinea Maritime Security Patrol
NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain — The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived at Naval Station Rota, Spain, following a successful maritime security patrol in the Gulf of Guinea on April 18, 2022, said U.S. 6th Fleet…
Navy Proposes Elimination of Snakehead LDUUV program
ARLINGTON, Va. — Even as the U.S. Navy was christening the first prototype of the Snakehead large-diameter unmanned underwater vehicle (LDUUV) in February, planning was underway to cancel the program. The Navy is proposing in its 2023 budget to eliminate…